OLD FASHIONED OATMEAL CAKE

Ingredients

  • Recipe By : SOUTHERN LIVING
  • Serving Size : 15 Preparation Time :0:00
  • Categories : Cakes
  • Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
  • 1 cup uncooked regular oats
  • 1/2 cup butter, cut into pieces
  • 1 1/4 cups boiling water
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • BROWN SUGAR-PECAN TOPPING -- wn s

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Place oats and butter in bowl of an electric mixer. Pour 1 1/4 cups boiling water over oat mixture; cover and let stand 20 minutes.
Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Add eggs, 1 at a time, to oat mixture, beating at medium speed just until blended after each addition. Gradually add sugars, beating just until blended. Gradually add flour mixture, beating just until blended. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan.
Bake for 26-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. (Cake will begin to pull away from sides of pan.) Remove cake from oven; increase oven temperature to broil.
Spoon Brown Sugar-Pecan topping onto warm cake. Gently sprad topping over cake using back of spoon.
Broil cake 3 inches from heat 3-5 min.or until sugar is bubbly and lightly browned. Let cake cool completely.
BROWN SUGAR-PECAN TOPPING
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 cup butter softened
1/3 cup milk
Beat together all ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until well combined.